Ruth from Hello Ruth recently joined me live on Instagram to tell us about her business and show us some of her products.

Bird and Pals, adventures and antics are hand-drawn, fun, colourful, cool, cute, for all ages, illustrations from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: “I want my drawings to make people smile…and I think a little nonsense is the best thing, for that”.

Hello, my name’s Emma and I’m an illustrator, embroiderer and maker! I’ve spent the past 24 years working in the design industry and my work has been stocked in many places including Liberty, Fenwick, JoJo Maman Bebe and John Lewis. Over the last few years, I’ve combined my two passions for illustrating and making into one with the embroidery technique called Punch Needle. […]